A Snelson DataBase and Index

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Name	Lifespan	Spouse	Date, Place
Irene Nettacress Roby	b. 1913, d. 1984	Harold Cecil Snelson	from 1935 - 1936, Fairfield, Liverpool, Interestingly, Harold Snelson was living a few hundred yards or so away from the Roby family, in 5 Elstree Street from Irene Roby at 18 Elm Vale. We know they both went to St Johns Church and played badminton together. So, almost boy and girl next door. Witness Role: resident
			1939, Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16, Source 5994 Census 1939 Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16 RG101 (RG101/4791C/009/27 Letter Code: NVGO), (RG101). Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Witness Role: wife
			1939, Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16
			1965, "Stefan the Tailor", North John Street, Liverpool, the bookkeeper
Harold Cecil Snelson	b. 1911, d. 1975	Irene Nettacress Roby	1933, Fairfield, Liverpool
			from 1935 - 1936, Fairfield, Liverpool, England, Witness Role: resident
			1939, Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16, Source 5994 Census 1939 Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16 RG101 (RG101/4791C/009/27 Letter Code: NVGO), (RG101). Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1939, 112 Bowring Park Avenue, where he lived until his death in 1975 ... and this was my home too until I left to go to London in January, 1969.
			bet 1940 and 1945, Liverpool, a fireman in the Auxiliary Fire Service on the docks
			abt 1959, Rainhill Hospital, Rainhill, Hospital Secretary
			1961, Barrowmore Sanitarium, Chester, the Hospital Secretary in the TB hospital where I was employed myself during school holidays as a lowly orderly, trolley pusher and "useful" .
			abt 1965, Deva Hospital, Chester, the hospital secretary
Nessie Pierce	b. 1884, d. 1960	Captain Harold Alfred Benyon Snelson	1901, 3 Trinity Street, Chester, in 1901, a few doors away at #11 Trinity Street, we find Samuel Snelson, joiner-carpenter, his second wife Elizabeth Snelson and my grandfather, Harold Snelson aged 18. So Harold and Nessie (a shop assistant aged 17 years) were neighbours!
			1911, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Harold is listed as a bombardier with the Royal Artillery Garrison, living with his wife of less than 1 year, Nessie aged 27. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1921, Lancashire
			from 1935 - 1936, Fairfield, Liverpool, Witness Role: resident
			1939, Colwyn Bay, as recorded in the 1939 Register, he was a schoolmaster then - living with his wife Nessie and daughter Molly (Mary) Snelson as follows :- Lloyd Household (6 People) Voryn Isa Pleasant View , Colwyn Bay M.B., Denbighshire, Wales Mary N Snelson 7-May-20 Female � Single 1915 Constance E Lloyd 12 Jun 1875 Female Private Means Widowed 1911 Elizabeth Jones 29 Aug 1884 Female Cook Single 1912 Harold A B Snelson 15 Mar 1883 Male Schoolmaster Married Nessie Snelson 19 Jan 1884 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Captain Harold Alfred Benyon Snelson	b. 1883, d. 1955	Nessie Pierce	1901, Chester, - interestingly, Harold's future wife (Nessie) and her parents and siblings live 2 doors away at 5 Trinity Street.
			1911, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
			1911, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Harold is listed as a bombardier with the Royal Artillery Garrison, living with his wife of less than 1 year, Nessie aged 27. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1915, Royal Garrison Artillery, Egypt, WW1 soldier
			1917, WW1 Royal Garrison Artillery, a WW1 soldier in the Royal Garrison Artillery
			1921, Lancashire
			1921, West Liverpool, Royal Army Ordnance Depot clerk
			1922, 26 Granville Road, Chester
			from 1935 - 1936, Fairfield, Liverpool, Principal Role
			1939, Colwyn Bay, as recorded in the 1939 Register, he was a schoolmaster then - living with his wife Nessie and daughter Molly (Mary) Snelson as follows :- Lloyd Household (6 People) Voryn Isa Pleasant View , Colwyn Bay M.B., Denbighshire, Wales Mary N Snelson 7-May-20 Female � Single 1915 Constance E Lloyd 12 Jun 1875 Female Private Means Widowed 1911 Elizabeth Jones 29 Aug 1884 Female Cook Single 1912 Harold A B Snelson 15 Mar 1883 Male Schoolmaster Married Nessie Snelson 19 Jan 1884 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
			abt 1950, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, a school teacher
Frances English	b. 1875, d. 1959	Alfred Herbert Roby	1881, Everton, Liverpool, His wife Brigida is shown as a ship baker's wife with a notation "husband at sea".
			1901, 34 Rose Place, Everton, In the 1901 Census, she is listed as "Fannie English", a 26 year old book binder, and a visitor in the home of the Harvey family, along with other servants and visitors including Mary Power, unmarried aged 56, recorded as working presumable in this home, as a servent and housekeeper. She may be a sister of Brigida Power (c.1852-1905), and born in Ireland - or more likely, Mary Power [23581], daughter of Thomas Power and Ellena O'Brien.
			1911, Fairfield, Liverpool
			1921, Liverpool
			from 1935 - 1936, Fairfield, Liverpool, Interestingly, Harold Snelson was living a few hundred yards or so away from the Roby family, in 5 Elstree Street from Irene Roby at 18 Elm Vale. We know they both went to St Johns Church and played badminton together. So, almost boy and girl next door. Witness Role: resident
			from 1955 - 1959, Liverpool 16, at my home - she lived basically upstairs in our back bedroom and Peter and I shared the small box room bedroom.
Alfred Herbert Roby	b. 1873, d. 1955	Frances English	1891, 81 Old Chester Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Mary Bentley is a 52 year old lady running a pawn broking buisiness. Alfred is descibed as a pawnboker's apprentice aged 18 presumable living there - as this is "over the water" from Liverpool and that would mean a ferry trip every day. Principal Role Witness Role: Member of Household
			1901, 281 Upper Parliament Street, West Derby, Liverpool, bamboo worker
			1901, Liverpool
			1905, "collector" according to the marriage certificate
			1906, Insurance Agent
			1911, Fairfield, Liverpool
			abt 1913, grain checker
			1918, The Battle of Albert (21�23 August 1918) was the third battle by that name fought during World War I , following the First Battle of Albert and the Second Battle of Albert , with each of the series of three being fought roughly two years apart. [1] This smaller third battle was significant in that it was the opening push that would lead to the Second Battle of the Somme and involved the Australian Corps . This attack opened the advance; the main thrust was launched by the Third Army along with support from the Fourth Army . [2] The Second Battle of Bapaume , from 25 August to 3 September, was a continuation of this battle. [3] The attacks developed into an advance, which pushed the German 2nd Army back along a 50-mile (80 km) front line . On 22 August, the 18th (Eastern) Division took Albert, with the British and Americans advancing on Arras . [2] The following day, the Australian 1st Division , which was advancing north-east from Proyart, attacked German fortifications around Chuignes , and succeeded in capturing the town . On 29 August, during the Second Battle of Bapaume, the town of Bapaume fell into New Zealand hands. This resulted in an advance by the Australian Corps , who crossed the Somme River on 31 August and broke the German lines during the Battle of Mont St. Quentin . [2] The Westheer (German armies on the Western Front) was pushed back to the Hindenburg Line , from which they had launched their spring offensive. [ Link citation needed ]
			1921, Coburg Dock, Liverpool, Grain Porter
			1921, Liverpool
			1939, Fairfield, Liverpool, Interestingly, Harold Snelson was living a few hundred yards or so away from the Roby family, in 5 Elstree Street from Irene Roby at 18 Elm Vale. We know they both went to St Johns Church and played badminton together. So, almost boy and girl next door. I remember this house well. I believe it is still standing. It was at the end of a terrace. the kitchen and laundry were at the back of the house, cold and dark. There was a narrow staircase and a pair of horns mounted above. When grand dad was olde, he found it very difficult to walk, and his bed was downstairs in the front parlour.
			1939, Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16, Source 5994 Census 1939 Huyton With Roby, Liverpool 16 RG101 (RG101/4791C/009/27 Letter Code: NVGO), (RG101).
			1939, Huyton-with-Roby, Liverpool 16, grain porter
Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power	b. 1852, d. abt 1905	Johannes ("John English") English
			1881, Everton, Liverpool, His wife Brigida is shown as a ship baker's wife with a notation "husband at sea". Brigid was "head" of the household on the day of the census as her husband, a ship's baker, was away at sea ... and I have recorded him as so.
			1901, 24 Vienna Street, Everton, Liverpool, He was a ship's baker and listed at home on Census night 1901. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
Johannes ("John English") English	b. abt 1850, d. 1926	Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power	1878, SS 'Wisconsin', Guion Line, Ship's Baker
			1890, Ship's Baker
			1901, 24 Vienna Street, Everton, Liverpool, He was a ship's baker and listed at home on Census night 1901. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
			1921, West Derby Union Infirmary, I think I found him here, noted as an "Out of Work" seaman, Code 735/8 = Persons employed in transport & communication - water transport workers • Petty officers, seamen & deck hands • Remaining a mystery is the notation "C P R" written by the recorder - what does that mean unless it is a medical term.
Samuel Snelson	b. 1849, d. 1909	Mary Benyon	1861, 53 Handbridge, Chester, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of the Household
		Elizabeth Jane Davies	1871, Chester, I think Ann(ie) is [1672], the grand daughter of Margaret Coventry [11] and is the daughter of Margaret Snelson [14] who was unmarried at the time. Here, we find Ann with her grandmother - and I note that her "condition" has not been filled in by the enumerator. He probably didn't know what to write in that column. We will never know who the father may be. The Margaret Snelson in the BTs at Annie's birth says her mother Margaret is a spinster - so that would be Margaret Coventry's daughter. Ann perhaps is being brought up by her grandmother.
			1881, Chester, - it is noteworthy that at the 1881 Census, there are just Samuel and wife Mary, plus son Richard Henry. Lucy and Samuel Benyon Snelson having passed away in January 1880.
			1890, Chester, master joiner
			1891, Chester
			1901, Chester, - interestingly, Harold's future wife (Nessie) and her parents and siblings live 2 doors away at 5 Trinity Street.
			1906, 11 Trinity Street, Chester, He is shown as a builder and joiner
Mary Benyon	b. 1849, d. 1883	Samuel Snelson	1861, Eccleston
			1871, Eccleston
			1881, Chester, - it is noteworthy that at the 1881 Census, there are just Samuel and wife Mary, plus son Richard Henry. Lucy and Samuel Benyon Snelson having passed away in January 1880.
			1882, a servant
Elizabeth Mason	b. 1844, d. 1920	John Pierce	1871, 33 Foregate Street, Chester, In 1871, there were two Heads of the household - John Pierce with his wife Elizabeth and 2 children, John William and Annie PLUS the other Head, Elizabeth Mason (John Pierce's Mother in law) who was a charwoman, and her daughter Sarah aged 24, a dressmaker. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
			1881, Richmond Place, Boughton, Chester
			1891, 39 Beaconsfield, Chester
			1901, 3 Trinity Street, Chester, in 1901, a few doors away at #11 Trinity Street, we find Samuel Snelson, joiner-carpenter, his second wife Elizabeth Snelson and my grandfather, Harold Snelson aged 18. So Harold and Nessie (a shop assistant aged 17 years) were neighbours!
			1911, 11 Victoria Road, Chester, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
John Pierce	b. 1843, d. 1910	Elizabeth Mason	1861, Penyllan Hall, Morton Anglecorum, Denbighshire, Wales, John seems to be have been employed as a servant in the role of a painter in the home os Janes Hardcastle, a cotton bleacher.
			1871, 33 Foregate Street, Chester, In 1871, there were two Heads of the household - John Pierce with his wife Elizabeth and 2 children, John William and Annie PLUS the other Head, Elizabeth Mason (John Pierce's Mother in law) who was a charwoman, and her daughter Sarah aged 24, a dressmaker. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
			1881, Richmond Place, Boughton, Chester
			1889, a house painter
			1891, 39 Beaconsfield, Chester
			1901, Chester, house painter
			1901, 3 Trinity Street, Chester, in 1901, a few doors away at #11 Trinity Street, we find Samuel Snelson, joiner-carpenter, his second wife Elizabeth Snelson and my grandfather, Harold Snelson aged 18. So Harold and Nessie (a shop assistant aged 17 years) were neighbours!
Ellen Edwardson	b. 1836, d. 1908	John Roby	1851, New Road, Prescot, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1871, Dogkennel House, Prescot, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
			1881, Prescot, Lancashire
			1891, Liverpool
			1901, Liverpool
			bef 1908, 42 West Derby Street, Liverpool
John Roby	b. abt 1836, d. 1895	Ellen Edwardson	1851, Parr's Square, Prescot, Ann is a widow in 1851 and shown as a laundry woman
			1861, Prescott, watch pinion maker - incidentally, at this time he was living with his mother Ann and her second husband, John Abbott, a watch balance maker
			1861, Fazackerly Street, Prescot, John and his brother William were living with their mother Ann [Foster] aged 47, and their step father John Abbott
			abt 1871, Master Watchmaker according to Alfred Herbert Roby's birth certificate
			1871, Dogkennel House, Prescot, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
			1881, Prescot, watch pinion maker
			1881, Prescot, Lancashire
			1891, Liverpool
			1891, West Derby, Liverpool, watch pinion maker
Ann(E) Davies	b. 1819, d. 1885	Thomas Bennion	1851, Eccleston
			1861, Eccleston
			1871, Eccleston
			1881, Eccleston Village, Cheshire
Thomas Pierce	b. 1816, d. 1901	Catherine Pugh	1861, Great Boughton, Cheshire
		Sarah Ann Whittaker	1871, 14 Garden Court, Chester
			1881, 14 Garden Terrace, Chester, as a tailor. They are living in the same house as that occupied 10 years previously by Thomas and his previous wife, Catherine Pugh. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1891, Methodist Lay Preacher
			1891, 4 Bridson Steet, Rodney St, Liverpool, Note ... Thomas Pierce, a widow (for the second time) and a methodist preacher was in the home of Herbert Edward Williams and his wife Ellen Essie Pierce, Thomas' daughter in 1891.
Samuel Snelson	b. abt 1814, d. 1860	Margaret Coventry	1851, Chester
Samuel Snelson	b. abt 1814, d. 1860	Margaret Coventry	1860, Chester, Cheshire, journeyman railway wagon maker
Elizabeth Dean	b. 1814, d. 1892	John Mason	1871, 33 Foregate Street, Chester, In 1871, there were two Heads of the household - John Pierce with his wife Elizabeth and 2 children, John William and Annie PLUS the other Head, Elizabeth Mason (John Pierce's Mother in law) who was a charwoman, and her daughter Sarah aged 24, a dressmaker. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household
Ann Foster	b. abt 1814, d. abt 1891	William Roby	1851, Parr's Square, Prescot, Ann is a widow in 1851 and shown as a laundry woman
		John Abbott	1861, Fazackerly Street, Prescot, John and his brother William were living with their mother Ann [Foster] aged 47, and their step father John Abbott
			1871, Parr Square, Prescot, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1881, Prescot
Margaret Coventry	b. abt 1813, d. 1885	Samuel Snelson	1851, Chester
			1861, 53 Handbridge, Chester, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of the Household
			1871, Chester, I think Ann(ie) is [1672], the grand daughter of Margaret Coventry [11] and is the daughter of Margaret Snelson [14] who was unmarried at the time. Here, we find Ann with her grandmother - and I note that her "condition" has not been filled in by the enumerator. He probably didn't know what to write in that column. We will never know who the father may be. The Margaret Snelson in the BTs at Annie's birth says her mother Margaret is a spinster - so that would be Margaret Coventry's daughter. Ann perhaps is being brought up by her grandmother.
			1881, Handbridge, servant and domestic nurse
			1881, Chester, The records show Margaret Snelson, as being a widow aged 60 ... but I think this may be wrong, as she would have been 68 by my reckoning if she were born in 1813. I think this is an error in the recording of her age at the time. Witness Role: housekeeper The record shows that she was a housekeeper and also served as a domestic nurse.
Thomas Bennion	b. 1812, d. 1886	Ann(E) Davies	1851, Eccleston
			1861, agricultural labourer
			1861, Eccleston
			1871, Eccleston
			1881, Eccleston Village, Cheshire
Ann Critchley	b. 1811, d. 1897	Thomas Edwardson	1851, New Road, Prescot, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1871, Prescot
			1891, Warrington Road, Whiston
Thomas Edwardson	b. 1810, d. 1882	Ann Critchley	1851, New Road, Prescot, Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role
			1851, Prescot, watchmaker
			1871, Prescot
			1871, Watch Wheel Cutter
			1881, Seddons Brow, Eccleston, Prescot, Lancashire, The census record reads "Lodger"
William Roby	b. 1809, d. 1849	Ann Foster	1840, a file cutter
Catherine Pugh	b. abt 1807, d. 1878	Thomas Pierce	1861, Great Boughton, Cheshire
Catherine Pugh	b. abt 1807, d. 1878	Thomas Pierce	1871, 14 Garden Court, Chester
Elinor Evans	b. abt 1792, d. 1873	Thomas Pierce	1861, Chester, occupation Grocer and Provision Dealer - so it looks like Thomas is now working in the shop whereas 10 years earlier in 1841, he was working as a skinner.
Thomas Pierce	b. abt 1791, d. 1864	Elinor Evans	1851, Chester, skinner journeyman
			1851, Bridge Street, Chester
			1861, Chester, occupation Grocer and Provision Dealer - so it looks like Thomas is now working in the shop whereas 10 years earlier in 1841, he was working as a skinner.
Anne Jones	b. abt 1778, d. 1847	George Benyon	1841, Eccleston, - I have assumed that the Anne Bennion in the Census here is in fact Anne Davies the wife of Thomas Bennion. This will/may become more certain if I can find the date of their wedding. I am also assuming that Hannah aged 11 months so born in 1840 is the daughter of Thomas and Anne. The only one born in Cheshire is young Hannah aged 11 months.
William Snelson	b. abt 1776, d. 1833	Elizabeth Fairbrother	1808, St. Mary's, Chester
William Snelson	b. abt 1776, d. 1833	Elizabeth Fairbrother	1863, Farmer
William Roby	b. 1774, d. 1810	Elizabeth ("Betty") Tatlock	First name(s) William Last name Roby Gender Male Birth year - Birth place - Baptism year 1809 Baptism date 28 May 1809 Residence Prescot, Lancashire, England Place Prescot County Lancashire Country England Father's first name(s) William Father's last name Roby Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth Mother's last name - Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain
			First name(s) William Last name Roby Gender Male Birth year - Birth place - Baptism year 1809 Baptism date 28 May 1809 Residence Prescot, Lancashire, England Place Prescot County Lancashire Country England Father's first name(s) William Father's last name Roby Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth Mother's last name - Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain
			Whereas I have found a record of a burial of a William Roby in 1810, there is no indication of his age - which would strengthen the conviction that this is indeed William Roby born 1774. So at this stage I am not 100% convinced. I need to get over to St Mary's in Prescot myself to look at the graves.
Elizabeth ("Betty") Tatlock	b. 1767, d. 1855	William Roby	1851, Kersley, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Thomas Mollineux	b. abt 1750	Alice Lawton	1787, file cutter
William ("Snellson") Snellson	b. 1721, d. aft 1749	Sarah Davies	1730, Gwersyllt, Denbighshire, a yeoman who made his Will on 15 August 1730 - so presumably he dies between 15th August and 26th October a period of about 10 weeks or so. That seems a reasonable assumption.
William ("Snellson") Snelson	b. 1691, d. aft 1738	Margaret Edwards	1727, Llay, Wales
William ("Snellson") Snelson	b. 1691, d. aft 1738	Margaret Edwards	1730, Gwersyllt, Denbighshire, a yeoman who made his Will on 15 August 1730 - so presumably he dies between 15th August and 26th October a period of about 10 weeks or so. That seems a reasonable assumption.
Margaret Edwards	b. 1690, d. 1741	William ("Snellson") Snelson	1730, Gwersyllt, Denbighshire, a yeoman who made his Will on 15 August 1730 - so presumably he dies between 15th August and 26th October a period of about 10 weeks or so. That seems a reasonable assumption.
Margaret Edwards	b. 1690, d. 1741	William ("Snellson") Snelson	bef 1741, Burton, in Wales, Denbighshire
William Snellson	b. bef 1668, d. aft 1707		1691, Gwersyllt, Denbighshire, according to then entry for the christening of his son William who is described as the son of William Snelson of Gwersyllt.
Unknown Edwards			1730, Gwersyllt, Denbighshire, a yeoman who made his Will on 15 August 1730 - so presumably he dies between 15th August and 26th October a period of about 10 weeks or so. That seems a reasonable assumption.

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